Music-leaf turner.



PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

' L. RpSTANTON.

MUSIC LEAF TURNER. APPLIG ATION FILED APB.,24,19'07.

05 ZPKMZ LAURA. R. STANTON, OF COLLBRAN, COLORADO.

MUSICLLEAF TURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed April 24:, 1907- Serial N0- 37010 18.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURA R. STANTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at 0011- bran in the county of Mesa and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements, in Music-Leaf. Turners, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in music leaf turners, and itconsists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical andinexpensive device which may be placed upon the music rack of a piano,organ, or the like, for holding sheets of music in such manner as topermit them to be quickly and easily turned by the player.

The above and other objects are accomplished by the improvedconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of my improved music leaf holder and turner; Fig.2 is a vertical section through the same; and Fig. 3 is a detail sectionthrough one of the music leaf or sheet holders.

My improved music sheet holder and turner comprises a body or frame 1construct ed preferably of wood and having a vertical back or upright 2,a forwardly projecting top 3 secured to the upper end of the back, and aforwardly projecting and horizontally extending base 4 secured to thebottom of the upright 2. This base 4- is of greater length than thewidth of the back so that when the device is placed upon the ordinarymusic rack of a piano or organ it will be effectively prevented. fromtilting. Formed in the top 3 and base 4 are vertically alining, parallelgrooves 5 which extend forwardly and rearwardly and are adapted toreceive the ends of the pivot rods 6 of music leaf or sheet holders 7.The grooves 5 are not cut entirely through the parts 3, 4, and they areof suflicient size to permit the ends of the rods 6 to slide and rotatefreely in them. Each of the holders 7 is of right angular form and. ispreferably constructed by bending a strip of sheet metal upon itselfinto substantially U-form so as to provide a groove or channel 8 toreceive the edge of a sheet or leaf of music M, as indicated in dottedlines in Fig, 1. The metal of which said holders are formed ispreferably sufficiently resilient to clamp the inner vertical and bottomedges of the leaf to effectively retain it in the grooves or channels 8.The vertical portion 9 of each of the holders may be soldered to itspivot rod 6 or it may be bent around the same and riveted or other wisesecured thereto as indicated in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the device is especiallydesigned for holding a series of leaves or sheets of a piece of music sothat the player or performer may quickly turn them. The holders 7stiifen the leaves and effectively clamp them so that by grasping theouter ends of the horizontal portions of said holders they may bereadily swung over from the right to the left hand side of the device,As they swing over their pivots move outwardly in the grooves 5 in thetop 3 and base 4 so that the holders will lie flat upon each other inparallel relation, as will be readily understood upon reference to Fig.1 in which the central holder 7 is shown thrown over to the left uponthe left hand one and resting against the same.

While the present embodiment of the in- I vention is adapted for holdingbut three sheets or leaves it will be understood that it may beconstructed to hold a greater or less number and that various otherchanges in the form, proportion and minor details may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim anddesire to secure byLetters Patent is g j The herein described music leaf turner comprisingthe upright back 2, the forwardly and right angularly projecting top 3,the forwardly and right angularly projecting bottom 4, the latter havingits ends projecting beyond the sides of the back 2 to provide asupporting base for the device, said top and bottom being formed. intheir opposing faces with the vertically-alining, forwardly andrearwardly-extending, parallel grooves 5, the right angular music sheetholders 7 constructed of sheet metal bent upon itself In testimonywhereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LAURA R. STANTON.

Witnesses:

EDITH OoINE, SAMUEL J. STANTON.

